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Fang knot
Fang mask created filling the empty space of a 6.1 knot. As the Knot geometry project is passing over the Lome National park in Gabon, I discovered a 6.1 knot had all the components of an interesting Fang wooden sculpture. Traditional Fang and Ntumu art was very popular in the early 19200 with the modernists and the like of Klee and Picasso
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Knot story
Collision, tension, randomness. Knot theory is an ever-expanding subject. How can art respond to it? Aesthetics? Storytelling? A bit of both using mathematics stable guidelines.
This strange11.4 knot takes on the shape of a Henri Moore sculpture as the sun sets over the vastness of the ocean at longitude 177 º East on the equator line.
More on the Knot-geometry project and the 11.4 knot on
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Quantum knot
I’m not a sailor.
The only knots I know are mathematical knots, but I suspected it. For a few weeks now, my scripts were starting to behave strangely when calculating my longitude and distance.
I must be near longitude 180º when West turns into East and Yesterday becomes Tomorrow.
Confusing? Not for a Quantum knot. It all starts with an unknot like this one. Untangle the loops, it turns into a…
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Coral knot
Coral reef, reef knot, square knot. Free word association? Maybe, maybe not, as little specks of land are coming at me above and under me, on week 24 of the Knot geometry journey.
Fractal patterns have been observed in the small-scale structure of shallow-water coral colonies. The coral stitch, also called the coral knot stitch or coral knot, is a line stitch made of knots. It provides an…
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Night Sky over the Marquesas
Night Sky over the Marquesas
Longitude 131 W on the equator line. That’s what you could have seen last night sailing near the Marquesas island, thanks to Google Earth.
For good measure, I added a one-twist knot. Elegant and somehow spirally looking, it blends well into this galactic skyline.
More on the one-twist knot and the knot geometry project on Patreon
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Quipu knot
Quipu” is a Quechua word meaning “knot”. According to the Quechuan culture, the number 731 is represented by 7 and 3 simple knots and a figure 8 knot. In mathematics, the closest knot relating to this number would be the 7.3 knot.
Visually, it could stand as a proud and a well-balanced accounting statement!
To add to the mood, as the knot-geometry project is within sight of the Marquesas…
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Satellite knot
I have a great admiration for sailors. Day or night, just the ocean and the sky to look at.
And then it happens!
Now, a satellite train keeps circling the planet in an endless loop. Is there any link between a satellite knot and a Starlink satellite train? None that we know of, but it’s a great segue for this week’s illustration. The combination of the two creates an intriguing design,…
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